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The Cancer Drugs Fund in practice and under the new framework
12 June 2019 - The Cancer Drugs Fund was established in 2010 to improve access to treatments not routinely available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2016
Did it matter that the Cancer Drugs Fund was not NICE? A retrospective review
3 October 2016 - This article reviews the means by which the Cancer Drugs Fund made recent funding decisions for cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2015
CDF has improved drugs access but is not sustainable, NAO finds
17 September 2015 - England’s Cancer Drug Fund has improved patient access to novel cancer drugs not routinely available on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2015
NHS England drops 16 medicines from Cancer Drugs Fund [BMJ]
9 September 2015 - NHS England has stemmed rising costs in the Cancer Drugs Fund by eliminating a further 16 medicines, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Sep 2015
Roche CEO slams `stupid' U.K. decision to drop some cancer drugs
8 September 2015 - Roche Holding AG Chief Executive Officer Severin Schwan blasted a U.K. decision to stop funding some cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2015
Celgene threatens to scale back UK clinical trial investment after CDF snub
4 September 2015 - One of the world’s leading pharma companies in oncology is considering whether to continue investing in clinical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2015
Life-extending cancer drugs to be axed by NHS
4 September 2015 - New and costly cancer drugs developed to extend the lives of patients are expected to be axed ...